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Set fixed size to floating window

asked Feb 21 '13

bryan
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I have a VM guest that I want it to run in a floating window with fixed size, say, 1440x900, so that it looks good.

Looking at the user guide, I can only find ways to resize in an incremental fashion.

Is it possible to directly set the size of a floating window?

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answered Feb 21 '13

dkeg
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How about assigning it to a dedicated [ VM ] workspace

possible example:

assign [class="VMWare"] [ VM ]

where [ VM ] is a possible workspace name. Replace with 1-10 or however your workspaces are configured

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answered Feb 21 '13

Michael
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No, not without a third-party script.

Usual disclaimer: If you are using floating windows for anything that is not a password pop-up dialog or similar, you are not using i3 as intended.

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Yes I agree. And after I thought it for a while, I decided that I should not try hard and adapt to the VM guest but adapt the VM guest to my windows and workspaces.

bryan (Feb 22 '13)edit

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